child proof fail(s)

For Mother's day, I decided to go for mother of the year and left a sleep aide within Ace's arms' reach and he chewed half a pill.  At 3:30pm.  Once I figured out that he was going to be tired, but okay, it was less terrifying.  Still stupid of me, though.  Gah.  Couldn't he at least have downed double the dose(for a SIX year old) of cough medicine near bedtime?!  It was pretty comical trying to keep the druggy tot awake until bedtime.  

And Wednesday?  Topped it.  I left my razors(that's right. not one, two) on the bathroom counter and Ace grabbed one.  And it grabbed back, and took a couple chunks of skin as souvenirs.  Poor boy was so pitiful when I got to him(and his bloody hands, mouth, floor, and shirt).  I feel like we probably should have gotten his finger professionally doctored, but Mace says I did a fine job.  Pretty sure I have a career in ghetto finger-bandaging.  Sweet boy woke up an hour after he went to bed(and then was up twice more :-( ), crying about his boo-boo hurting.  So, he got a fresh bandage, strawberry ice cream(which he said was too cold, and asked me to microwave it) courtesy of daddy, and an iced cookie and some warm milk.  And he finally snuggled up in bed with his cushy/Dora/Cars(aka "wite-meen") bandaids around 11pm.

about 6 hours post-slice.

 *Sunday night edits*

As if the other incidents weren't enough to make us serious about child-proofing(for Ace and Axl)...Saturday night, while the boys and I were making Mace's birthday cards(we made a book of 27), I opened the blinds behind me so they could see out.  Entertainment.  Harmless, right?  Nope. I heard, "mommy, wook!  I twisted dem!"  And Ace had basically concocted a noose out of the cords from two of the blinds.  Gag.  The scariest part is how long it took to untangle him, and he wasn't in any distress.  I cannot imagine that in an emergency!  It's terrifying and only a little hilarious.  Mostly earth-shatteringly frightening. 

And have I mentioned that he knows how to(and is really bold about doing so)unlock the front door?!  In the last ten days, he's also learned how open the garage door via my car.

This house will be child safe before bedtime tomorrow.  Word to the wise, don't wait like a fool(us) to make your house kid safe!